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Friday, February 17, 2012

Herbie the Love Bug

Thank goodness it’s Friday, and a long weekend. Noticed the other day when looking at the
work calendar, that Monday is Presidents day, and that gives me a 3 day
weekend. Put in a day off Tuesday and
extended it so as to have some extra time to work on the basement.

Met Swami and had lunch at Kirin Palace with Sanjay, Khary,
and Ruben. It is funny how Ruben is
cutting back on his sugar intake but not watching how much Naan he stuffs in
his gut. We tried to tell him that sugar
is sugar, and that bread, well that has the same effect as sugar in your body,
so back off the Naan. The service was
not as good as recent visits, and it turns out they are under new
management. The food was pretty good as
usual, no real surprises, just basic if not spicy enough Indian Buffet food.

Got the guys on the team all ready for the weekend changes
and fixes, so hopefully after tomorrow afternoon we are smooth sailing with no
calls. There I go, jinxed it again. One of my new guys, Frank is working from
home the past few days with a busted knee which looks like a torn meniscus (at
least his MRI matches the ones on the internet showing the same). Who needs another visit to the orthopedist
just for him to tell Frank he has a torn meniscus. Being that neither of us are doctors, maybe
we are looking at the wrong thing, and just maybe it doesn’t need surgical
repair. Finger crossed Frank.

Pick up a meatloaf from Mama Lombardi market and head
home. Before I get in the door, my cell
is making its txt noise with Luke telling me he and mom are out hunting for
shoes (that means sneakers). Kyle is at
his girlfriend Gia’s house, and Luke wants to know what’s for dinner. I tell him meatloaf, and he asks if we can
get something else. Long story short,
Sue is picking up a Sicilian pizza from, you guessed it, Mama Lombardis. I have to go to the gym to work off the past
weeks’ worth of not so healthy eating, snacking, etc. All for the best, as Kyle is the one that
really likes meatloaf anyway…and damn, there is no gravy in the house.

This day in history “On this day in 1972, the 15,007,034th Volkswagen Beetle comes
off the assembly line,
breaking a world car production record held for more than four decades by the
Ford Motor Company's iconic Model T, which was in production
from 1908 and 1927.

The
history of the VW Beetle dates back to 1930s Germany. In 1933, Adolf Hitler became
chancellor of Germany and announced he wanted to build new roads and affordable
cars for the German people. At that time, Austrian-born engineer Ferdinand
Porsche (1875-1951) was already working on creating a small car for the masses.
Hitler and Porsche later met and the engineer was charged with designing the
inexpensive, mass-produced Volkswagen, or "people's car." Hitler's
plan was that people could buy the cars by making regular payments into a
savings stamp program. In 1938, work began on the Volkswagen factory, located
in present-day Wolfsburg, Germany; however, full-scale vehicle production
didn't begin until after World War II.”

The people’s car has staged a comeback in recent years, and you see the
“bug” on the road and in commercials.
Not the sleekest looking car, but I hear it is safe, reliable, good
basic transportation. I bet it is fuel
efficient too. In honor of this, I will
shape my meatloaf to look more like the bettle than it does in its present more
oblong form. If it comes out looking
like a VW Beetle, I will take a picture of it.
Don’t hold your breathe.

I think Kyle made cookies in the kitchen before he went to his girlfriend’s
house because there is a mess. He went
to swap Valentines gifts, and I am sure cookies were part of it. I
think he has the love bug.

I get home from the gym and we start watching a movie. The movie keeps skipping and glitching. I check the DVD and it is scratched. Netflix is usually pretty good, but this time
there will be no Mr. Popper’s Penguins to watch.